New York man pleads guilty to snatching officer’s pepper spray during US Capitol riot
6 months, 4 weeks ago

New York man pleads guilty to snatching officer’s pepper spray during US Capitol riot

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — An upstate New York man has pleaded guilty to charges that he snatched away a police officer’s can of pepper spray during a chaotic clash with officers guarding the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot. On Jan. 6, Weeks worked his way through a crowd to a line of police stationed at a Capitol entryway, thrusting his hand through a broken window to grab a can of pepper spray from an officer, authorities said. Weeks then pushed past a set of doors and pressed into the line of officers, grabbing onto one of their shields before an officer pepper sprayed him, authorities said. Weeks remained on the Capitol grounds after his clash with police, and was later recorded on a body camera asking officers why they weren’t “protecting the ballots,” according to court documents.

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Man who injured police officer during Capitol riot is sentenced to 5 years in prison
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Man who injured police officer during Capitol riot is sentenced to 5 years in prison

LA Times  

This image from video from police-worn body camera and contained in the sentencing memorandum from the Justice Department shows John George Todd III in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. A military veteran who was convicted of injuring a police officer’s hand during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Friday to …

Man charged in AP photographer’s attack pleads guilty to assaulting officer during Capitol riot
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Man charged in AP photographer’s attack pleads guilty to assaulting officer during Capitol riot

Associated Press  

An Oklahoma man pleaded guilty on Thursday to assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, where he also allegedly pushed an Associated Press photographer over a wall. Defense attorney Robert Jenkins said Burlew and his family are “looking forward to putting this entire episode behind them.” “Today, he accepted responsibility for conduct, acknowledging …

South Dakota man arrested and charged in Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol
6 months, 3 weeks ago

South Dakota man arrested and charged in Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol

Associated Press  

— A South Dakota man pushed a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol and was among those who shoved a large metal “Trump” sign into a police line, the U.S. Department of Justice said. The Justice Department alleges in a court document that Knight was among the first rioters to breach a restricted area …

Trump shares demand for charges against Capitol cops after Jan. 6 riot
1 year ago

Trump shares demand for charges against Capitol cops after Jan. 6 riot

Raw Story  

Donald Trump shared a post on his Truth Social network Thursday calling for charges against U.S. Capitol police officers who used force against Jan. 6 rioters. The former president amplified a post by the Hodge Twins, a pair of right-wing social media influencers, suggesting that videos newly released by House speaker Mike Johnson exonerated rioters who have been charged in …

Man accused of spraying officers with chemical irritant in Capitol riot makes 1st court appearance
1 year, 1 month ago

Man accused of spraying officers with chemical irritant in Capitol riot makes 1st court appearance

Associated Press  

A New Jersey man accused of spraying police officers with a chemical irritant in the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol made an initial federal court appearance Monday and was ordered held without bail until trial. The FBI released photos at the U.S. District Court hearing in Trenton, saying they showed Gregory Yetman spraying the liquid on officers during the …

Former Trump State Department official convicted for attacking police during Capitol riot
1 year, 5 months ago

Former Trump State Department official convicted for attacking police during Capitol riot

Firstpost  

Klein, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq, had a Top Secret security clearance and had been working since 2017 in the State Department’s office of Brazilian and Southern Cone Affairs. A man who worked as a politically appointed State Department official in former President Donald Trump’s administration was convicted Thursday of charges that he attacked police officers …

Capitol rioter guilty of stealing badge from beaten officer
1 year, 9 months ago

Capitol rioter guilty of stealing badge from beaten officer

Associated Press  

A New York man pleaded guilty on Friday to stealing a badge and radio from a police officer who was brutally beaten as rioters pulled him into the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol over two years ago, court record show. Thomas Sibick pleaded guilty to assault and theft charges for his role in the attack on Metropolitan Police Officer …

Capitol rioter who pepper sprayed Brian Sicknick slapped with six-year prison sentence
1 year, 10 months ago

Capitol rioter who pepper sprayed Brian Sicknick slapped with six-year prison sentence

Raw Story  

Julian Khater, the Capitol rioter who confessed to pepper-spraying the late Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick on January 6th, 2021, got slapped with an 80-month prison sentence on Friday. Although a coroner's report listed Sicknick's death as from natural causes, the former Capitol Police Officer suffered a stroke in the aftermath of the January 6th riots that the report stated …

Florida man pleads guilty to role in 2021 US Capitol riot
2 years, 5 months ago

Florida man pleads guilty to role in 2021 US Capitol riot

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A Florida man has pleaded guilty to three felony charges related to the insurrection and storming of the U.S. Capitol in January 2021. Mitchell Todd Gardner II, 34, of Seffner, Florida, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in the District of Columbia to civil disorder, obstruction of an official proceeding and assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers with a …

NYPD veteran convicted of assaulting officer in Capitol riot
2 years, 7 months ago

NYPD veteran convicted of assaulting officer in Capitol riot

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A federal jury on Monday convicted a New York Police Department veteran of assaulting an officer during the U.S. Capitol riot, rejecting his claim that he was defending himself when he tackled the officer and grabbed his gas mask. Thomas Webster, a 20-year NYPD veteran, was the first Capitol riot defendant to be tried on an assault charge …

NYPD veteran convicted of assaulting officer in Capitol riot
2 years, 7 months ago

NYPD veteran convicted of assaulting officer in Capitol riot

LA Times  

Thomas Webster, in the red jacket, at a barricade line at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as captured by a body camera worn by a Metropolitan Police Department officer. Two jurors who spoke to reporters after the verdict said videos capturing the officer’s assault from multiple angles were crucial evidence rebutting Webster’s self-defense argument. We unanimously agreed that …

Officer describes fending off Capitol rioter at man’s trial
2 years, 7 months ago

Officer describes fending off Capitol rioter at man’s trial

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — One of the dozens of police officers injured during the U.S. Capitol riot testified Wednesday that he didn’t punch or pick a fight with a retired New York City police officer charged with attacking the officer. Thomas Webster, whose trial on an assault charge started this week, claims he was acting in self-defense when he tackled Metropolitan Police …

Florida man charged with attacking officers at Capitol riot
2 years, 8 months ago

Florida man charged with attacking officers at Capitol riot

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A Florida man who attacked police officers while storming the U.S. Capitol during the January 2021 insurrection was arrested Thursday, officials said. Barry Ramey, 38, of Plantation, was arrested in South Florida, where he is scheduled to make his initial court appearance Friday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. According to court documents, Ramey on Jan. 6, 2021, …

Brooklyn judge’s son pleads guilty to Capitol riot charges
2 years, 10 months ago

Brooklyn judge’s son pleads guilty to Capitol riot charges

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A New York City judge’s son who referred to himself as a “caveman” eager to protest Donald Trump’s presidential election loss pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges he stormed the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. He also gave a video interview inside the building, telling the New York Post he was there “to express my opinion …

US Capitol rioter gets 44 months in prison for assaulting officer
2 years, 10 months ago

US Capitol rioter gets 44 months in prison for assaulting officer

Al Jazeera  

A judge in the United States has imposed a 44-month prison sentence on a man who pleaded guilty to a felony charge after throwing objects at police during last year’s January 6 attack on the US Capitol and boasting about his actions on social media. Prosecutors had recommended a 51-month sentence, but US District Judge John Bates in Washington said …

'Make a shield wall!': New indictment charges growing number of violent Capitol rioters
3 years, 5 months ago

'Make a shield wall!': New indictment charges growing number of violent Capitol rioters

Raw Story  

Federal authorities continue to make new arrests in the Jan. 6 breach of the US Capitol, including individuals accused of frenzied assaults on law enforcement officers. Geoffrey Sills, a 30-year-old man from Mechanicsville, Va., "threw multiple objects, including pole-like objects, at law enforcement officers" as rioters overwhelmed police on the lower west terrace of the Capitol, according to a US …

DA vows to pursue charges after case dismissed against former Philadelphia police officer who used pepper spray on protesters
3 years, 7 months ago

DA vows to pursue charges after case dismissed against former Philadelphia police officer who used pepper spray on protesters

CNN  

CNN — A former Philadelphia police officer seen on video using pepper spray on Black Lives Matter protesters had his charges dismissed Monday, according to court documents. Municipal Court Judge William Austin Meehan Jr. dismissed the case after he determined Richard Paul Nicoletti had not committed a crime, Nicoletti’s attorney Fortunato Perri Jr. said, declining to comment further. He also …

US charges two suspects for assault on fallen Capitol policeman
3 years, 9 months ago

US charges two suspects for assault on fallen Capitol policeman

Al Jazeera  

Men from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, allegedly used a powerful chemical spray during the January 6 deadly Capitol riot. The United States Justice Department on Monday charged two suspects who allegedly worked together to spray a chemical irritant on three Capitol Police officers on January 6, one of whom later died. Julian Elie Khater and George Pierre Tanios, who were arrested …

Man charged with pinning officer during US Capitol attack
3 years, 11 months ago

Man charged with pinning officer during US Capitol attack

Associated Press  

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut man seen in a widely viewed video pinning an officer into a doorway during the attack on the U.S. Capitol has been charged with assaulting police officers, federal authorities said Wednesday. Federal authorities said McCaughey struck several police officers with a clear, plastic riot shield inside the Capitol. “What this case is really about is …

Philadelphia police officer charged for pepper spraying Black Lives Matter protesters, prosecutors say
4 years, 5 months ago

Philadelphia police officer charged for pepper spraying Black Lives Matter protesters, prosecutors say

CNN  

CNN — A Philadelphia police officer is facing criminal assault charges for allegedly pepper spraying three protesters without provocation, according to the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. “The complaint alleges that Officer Nicoletti broke the laws he was sworn to uphold and that his actions interfered with Philadelphians’ and Americans’ peaceful exercise of their sacred constitutional rights of free speech and …

Officer charged with pepper-spraying kneeling protesters
4 years, 5 months ago

Officer charged with pepper-spraying kneeling protesters

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia district attorney announced criminal charges Wednesday against a police officer seen on video lowering the masks of protesters to douse them with pepper spray as they knelt on a city interstate during a protest. “The complaint alleges that Officer Nicoletti broke the laws he was sworn to uphold and that his actions interfered with Philadelphians’ and …

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